The Sun. — London, England, 1818-05-08 00:00:00

LITER.ARY REVIEW. MEMOIRS or 'rue COLTII:E nr ELIZABETII, by Ixcr AJK!N, in 2 V°burrs, BVO. LONGMAN and Co. ELIZABETH was unquestionably the tnost popu lar Sovereign that ever swayed the Engli4 Sceptre ; at the distance of almost three centuries treditiothil iitt4climelit is still preserved for lier memo! V. IVe team hi childhimd topronoutice her name with reverence, to celebiate with pa- triotic pride the niumphs of the maiden. reign, and iudiisOlobly to connect them with the Golden days of England.—Yet there are, perhaps, few readers ho, comparing the annals of this H ocpicions period with the eltlier pages of Eng lish Ilistory, - have not expetienced something like dissatisfaction and disappointment—the per sonal character of the Queen (at first so captivat ing to the imaeination) loses much of its attraction on more familiar acquaintance ; her domestic administration is regulated by certain fixed pi in eiples of economy, which,. when once known, offer little variety for observation, 110 r is her natne emblazoned by military achievements.— We miss the sldendid trophies of CR VSSZY and PoiCTIERs, we look in vain for the imposing .though fatal laurels of AGINCOURT ; we are in a .manner sensible of the void left by the restless spirit oilier father, who, with the energy invited by passion, cast from his country the yoke of Papal Usurpation, and in that vigorous toner un intentionally ,aroused a spirit which was hereafter to arrest the p nig esS of Royal Despotisln. nearly halt a cell:my the pacific reign of ELIZA BETH, like a long protracted but undecided game of chess, exhibited a repetition of the same moves, and ended as it began—with the subject of Protestant Jiiptentacy, and the nomination of a Successor. It is a question of no common inte rest., in what manner the character of ELIZABETH corresponds with the Gloriana whom poetry and romance have made her prinoiype—and on what grounds !he age iti which she lived has beenoin vested with such lofty pretensions to praise and pre-eminence. It belongs to Miss AIK IN, of rather' to her captivating memoirs of ELIZABETH and her Court, to resolve this question. From her tee learn to contemplate this maiden Queen as the animating soul of a Court, which, in its masques, its tournaments, its minstrelsy, still presented an image of chivalrous gallantry and feudal hospita lity. ‘Ve behold at that fortunate moment, some lingeriog shades of gothic barbarism, con trasted with the beams of truth and science, lend a romantic tint—a picturesque expre.sion, to evca y surround ng object, Front emulation or sympathy with their learned Queen, the Courtiers cultivated the flowirs of poetry and fancy; and svhilst they fostered with seditious cat e the Exotics of Italy and Spain—the English Drama, self planted: took vigorous root in its native soil, and still flourishes in imperishable bloom and beauty. It was reserved for Miss At KIN to present this finishi-al portraiture of ELIZABETH, and not only has she copied its customs and manners, but even exhibited the twins and fancies, and recalled from oblivion, the spirit of the age. By a peculiar feli city of arrangement, her descriptions are inter woven with the narrative of which they appear to (um a part ; political events are relieved by do mestic sketches ; the characters-are ably drawn, and with a force which renders them rather per sonages of the Drama, than passive subjects of hist o rical narration. To have planned, to have 'success fully planned, and executed such an undertakiu' t secures to its writer indisputable claims to literary eminence. Miss.A !KIN has achieved that which has never before been attempted ; anti in her Memoirs produced a work of which there exists no model, and scarcely a tival, in the English lan guage. The history of ELIZABETH commences from her birth ; of her splendid baptism we base a minute description, from which ice offer a few extracts ; they are preceded by a passage of Inn h rare beauty as renders either criticism or panegyric on the Author's style superfluous : " By the King's special command, Crann►er, Archbishop of Canterbury, stood godfather to the Princess, and Shakspeare, by a fiction equally poetical and coin tly, has represented him as breaking forth on this memorable occasion into an ani mated vaticination of the glories of the " maiden reign."— Happy was it for the peace of mind of the ankle personages there assembled, that nu prophet was empowered at the same time to declare how few of them should live to share its splendours; how awfully large a proportion of their number should fall, or bt hold their nearest connexions falling, un timely victims of the jealous tyranny of Henry himself, or of the convulsions and persecutions of the two troubled reigns destined to intervene before those halcyon days which they were taught to anticipate. " Early in the af,ernoon, the Lord Mayor and Corporation of London, who had been summoned to attend, took boat for f:teenwicb, where thwy found many Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen assembled. The whole way from the Palace to the ericry was strewn with green rusheS,.and the walls were Lung with tapestry, as was the Friers' Church in which the ceremony was performed. " A silver font, with a crimson canopy, was placed in the middle of the church ; and the child being brought into the the long procession set forward. " It began with Citizens walking two-and-two, and ended with Barons, Bishops, and Farts. " The salt was borne by Henry Marquis - of Dorset, the un fortunate father of Lady Jane Grey; who, after receiving the Royal pardon for his share in the criminal plot for setting the crown on the head of his daughter, again took up arms in the rebellion of Wyat, and was brought to expiate this treason on the scaffold. " William Courtenay, Marquis of Exeter, followed with the taper of virgin wax; a Nobleman who liad the misfor tune to be very nearly allied to the English Throne; his mo ther being a daughter of Edward IV. He was at this time in high favour with the King, his cousin, who, after setting aside his daughter Mary, had even declared him Heir Appa rent, to the prejudice of his own sisters : but three years after he fell a victim to the jealousy of the King, on a charge of corresponding with his proscribed kinsman, Cardinal Pole; his honours and estates were forfeited;. and his son, though a child, was detained in close custody. " The chrism was borne by Lady Mary Howard, the beau tiful daughter of the Duke of Norfolk, who lived not only to behold, but, by the evidence which she gave on his trial, to assist in the most unmerited 'coindtmuaticn - of het brother• the gallant and accomplished earl of Surrey. . • "The Kiug, by a trait of arrogAnce, selected ttit Lady, descended &inn our Saxon Monarchs, and allied to the first Nobility or the "vile of his bfW;-horn sail, created Duke Riclunmitljtt ut it does not appear that the spirit of the tim;.,.ards ‘vklitiii 'enough in this reign to fer < ~ tll insult as it deserved. "'Tie Royal Infant, wrapped in a mantle of purple Velvet, having a long train furred with ermine, was carried by one of her godmothers, the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk. Anne Boleyn was thi4 Lady's step-grand-daughter but in this al liance with Royalty she had little cause to exult; still less in the closer one which, was afterwards formed for fru by the elevation of her owu grand-daughter Catherine Howard. On discovery of the ill conduct of this - Queen, the aged Duchess was overwhelmed w►th disgrace ; she was even de clared guilty of misprisiOn of tre:►son, and committed to custody, but was released by the King after the blood of Ca therine and her paramours bad quenched his fury• " The Dowager-Marchioness of Dorset was the other god mother at the font. Of the four sons of this Lady, thrre perished on the scaffold ; her grand-daughter, Lady Jane Grey, shared the same fate; and the survirhug son died a prisoner during the reign of Elizabeth, for the offence of dis tributing a pauipblet, asserting the.-title of the Suffolk line to the Crown. " The Marchione.s of Extter was the godmother at the confirmation, who had not only the affliction to see her hus band brought to an untimely end, and her only son wasting his )(Nail in captivity, but, being hefself attaiutedi of high treason some time afterwaids, underwent a lung and arbi trary imp ison uncut. " On eitlitr hand of the Duchess of Norfolk, walked the Dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk, the only Nobles - of that rank then existing in England. ,‘ Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, the proud and happy grand-father of the princely infant, supported the train on one side It is not true that be afterwards, in his capacity of a Privy Councillor, pronounced sentence of death on his own son and daughter : even Henry was not inhuman enough to exact this of ; but lie lived to witness their cruel and disgraceful end, and died long Mope the prosperous days of his illustrious grand-child. " A splendid canopy was supported over the infant by four Lords, three of tl►c►a destined to disastrous fates. One was her uncle, the elegant, accomplished Viscount Rochford, whom the impartial suffrage of posterity has fully aciiuitted of the odious crime for which he suffered by the mandate of a jealous tyrant. Another was Lord Hussey, whom a rash rebellion brought to the scaffold a few years afterwards. The two others were brother of that illustrious family of Howard, which furnished, in this age alone, more subjects fur tra gedy than ' Thebes or Pelops' line ' of old." (To be continued.) THEAFRICAL REGISTER. Performed Lust Night. MEATRe ROYA L , DaunT-T.ANE.—Dougla.: Young Norval, Mr. Kean ; Lady Randolph, Miss Macauley. After which, Amoroso. To which was addcd,The Sleeping rintualit. CovENT-GARDEN.—The Skive: Captain • Clifton.. Mk, • _ Zelinda, Miss Stephens'. After which . ( 2a tirne). The errowslif Werther. 'fiy4hich was added, La Chasse. FLANDERS MAIL. FRANKFORT, APRIL 27.—A very important question was agitated in one of the last confiden tial si , tings of the Diet, relative to the military organization. The question was to determine what line of conduct was to be observed when one of the States of the German Confederation, which is at the same time an European power, shall be implicated, in this latter quality, in war, in con sequence of vAich its German dom . nions shall be attacked and occupied by its enemy. The question is to know, whether in such a case the G,rman Confederation shall be implicated in the tear. On the same occasion the Diet was also invited to decide the question, whether in wars of one or another• of the European Powers, who are mem bers of the Confederation (Austria, Prussia, the Nethedands, or Denmark), the Confederation can establish a system of neutrality, and support the system of an armed neutrality ? Can the mere passage of lot eign troops though the German ter ritory of the power wl►ich is at war be considered as an act of hostility to the Confederation ? All these questions, which are of tire highest importance in regard to the future public law of Europe, will be discussed by the Military Com mittee, and afterwards by the Diet. It is affirmed that the Ministers have sent to their Courts fur instructions on this subject.- M. Kotzebue,. Counsellor of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, has arrived here with his wife : he is going to Ems. NAPLES, APRIL 9 —Our journals contain a triple convention between our Government, his Majesty the Kiug of France, his Majesty tl►e King of Spain, and his Royal Highness •tie Prince Regent of England, from which it results that the privileges anti exemptions which the subjects of these three Powers enjoyed, in the commerce of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, are abolished. His Majesty promises that, the subjects of these three nations shall be treated on the same footing as the most favoured nations; and that the exemp tions and privileges thus abolished shall not be ren ewed in favotir of any state ; that they shall enjoy an abatement of 10 per cent. on the amount oldie duties payable after the tariff in force since the Ist of January, 18)6, on the totality of the mercfiandiSe or 'productions of the three Stares which shall be imported into his Majesty's domi noos, besides other advantages tueutiouc►l in the said convention. BRUS,IELS, MAY 3 —lt . is affirmed that, as a measure of economy, several. great works, which were to he'executed this year, will .be suspended. The building of a new palace seems to be indefi nitely deferred. In consequence of Dr. Bu a now and Mr. THOMSON having relinquished the Editorship of the London Medical Repository, several Medical Gentlemen, at the last Meeting of the Medical Society, expressed their determination to pa tronize the Monthly Gazette of Health, not only because it contains more practical ii fo mat ion than all the other Periodical Worry: on 'Medicine, although published at the low price of One Shil ling, but because, in the first place, it is better supported by contributions from the most emi nent Practitioners on the Continent ; secondly, the account of new Medical Works is impartial; and, thirdly, that the Editors, by exposing the artifices or unworthy practices of medical men and pretenders, evince a laudable desire to en hance the respectability of the profession, and place the practice on scientific principles for the benefit of mankind. The Paris Papers of Tuesday last, which were due this morning, have not arrived. There is nothing but what might be expected froth Opposition in their ordinary resistance to the measures of Government, but when those mea sures relate to the protection of the Country itself,, it might be supposed that tl►e Patty would not sub ject themselves to the disgrace of being suspected of indifference to its essential interests. The ALIEN ACT has been found highly beneficial in keeping off Miscreants who are spread all over Europe, and who endeavour to undermine autho rity wherever they are permitted to exercise their machinations. Look at the Netherlands at this moment ! Though the King was raised to his I prone by the Allied Powers, yet a band of wicked Scribblers find harbour in his Country, whence they issue libels upon every Government in Europe. Is it to be supposed that, if he had due power in his own dominions, he would tolerate the existence among his Subjects of persons who attempt to bring ridicule and odium on those principles upon which his authority depends ? If it were not for the protection of the Am.tca Ace, vast numbers of such wretches would soon over-r► n ► Great Bri tain, and employ their baleful arts in attempting to undermine the foutida►ions of loyalty and all regular Government. Shall we then attend to the senseless -clanioms of •the Opposition 13 rbblers, and expose this great Country to the ensnaring artifices of wicked Demagogues, the refuse of every other ? Have we not miscreants enough at home, who arc constantly labouring for the same iniquitous purpose ? No—let Government, at all . events; guard the Country from the intrusion of Foreign Reformers; —there are, surely, a sufficient number of domestic breed eager to throw the State into contusion, and "Over whtlin with revolutionary horrors the purest political system ever devised by human-sagacity, and the unrivalled excellence of which has been confirmed by long and happy experience. We intimated yesterday that a Gcneral Election is nearer at hand than is generally supposed. We have strong reasons for being ourselves of this opinion. The Morning Chronicle seems_ to think that the event will be hastened on account of Lord CASTLEREAGH'S anxiety that it should take place before he goes to the Congress of Sovereigns. We expect the event upon very different and much more substantial grounds. Vc, however, %visit .that such a hustling scene may be over, and the n aim] settled again into tranqu;llit y, before his Lordship joins a Congress' of the utmost importance to Europe, and in which, if wrong measures are adopted, France may relapse into a revolutionary chaos, and every other State be affected by the shock. Yesterday the PRINCE REGENT livid a Court, and afterwards a Privy Council, at which the Duke of lIICIIMoND (vas sworn in Governor of Canada. A new State Seal :vas agreed upon for Scotland. " Prince LEoroLD came yesterday from Clare mont, to pay a visit of congratulation to the Duchess of )(mix. Ile also visited the Que.EN, the PaiNcit IteoENT, and the Duke and Ductless of CUMBERLAND. In- consequence 'of the misunderstanding be tween Count MONTHOLON anti Genet al GoUR GAUD, at St. Helena, the latter has returned to Europe. He came passenger in the Conuicir East Indianian. It is stated that BUONAPARTE peremp• torily lot bad the decision of the quarrel hy duel. Mr. BatcoLm, at whose house BUoNAPARTE re sick d when he first landed, has also returned to England with his family. There are various reports in circulation respect ing, a fracas at St. Helena. Mr. BALCOLM and his family, with whom BUONAPARTE was so inti mate on his first landing, is certainly arrived -in England ; and it is generally rumoured that he was not allowed tri spend much time in packing up. It is also assetted that a duel was actually fought between Generals MONTHOLON and GuR-. GAUD. MAILS. Anuiyen-9 Dublin, 2 Wale;to;i., I Guernsey and Jersey, 1 1 - 14,1Luidi 1 Flanderi. Dur;—l i Goiteribtirgh. PRICE 0 STOCKS THIS DAY AT T' per 'Cent. Red 8 per ( ent. Cons. 4 per Cents 5 pe'r Cent. N. Ann..... 107/ Bank L. Ann. .wELvE India 9'Ss. pr. Exch. Bills, 2cl 17s 20s. pr. Ditto, 2id.. lBs. 203. pr. (Miniun► 2 Cons. fur Account lIIGFI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 4( minutes after 4. I Evening, 10 minutes after 5. THE SUN. uncm QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, FRIDAY, /11,41" 8, 1818. taIIP NEWS. MAY 671 Arrived the -t" BROWN, from . SaVanukh ; she sailed the Iv March—spoke the foll Owing vessels :--- tt ° l4 7th nit, in lat .; 24. long. 41, the Njio It, "Attr, from Malaga, nut 17 "lays ; 00 the 11th it in lat. 42. 42. long. 36: 10. saw a large 514 distress, with ,her main-mast gone, i t bi°°M te strong gale from N. N. E., but cou ld n°lle°g, her name ; on the 13th ult. in lat. 45. 16 ' I°r) Chal et/I 3 6 . the Palm, Iron) Liverpool for Bay on the ltitth nit. lat. 48. 51. long• 19. 1._(2. ; , 7 5 5 5 1 1 a ship with loss of her main-mast ;on the 0 41t. in lat. 49. 37. long. 18. the Harrison, fill, in a Liverpool for Quebec ; on the '2Bth c i f' °l t 50. 10. long. 13. 30. the Brothers , o haven, for Newfoundland ; t he 30th. ult. soundings, the Sarah, of Workington, I roa3l'le Orleans for Greenock. led for th‘ DEAL, MAY 7.—Arrived, and sai River, the Brothers, STAMP, from 13eng31' 0 0 DOVER, MAY 7.—The Catharine Gri t6thot r ell shore on the East side of Dungeness, rs sece damaged, and not expected to be got ° lt I/ 1 PLYMOUTH, MAY 6.—Arrived the bri n g Jag Cawdor, BROOKS,: from St. Domingo, 3v:‘rtr passage. Sailed the Lady Boriagdoo, BRIDGe, flora Calcutta for London. HArovicH, MAY 7.—The Scout Revo' lle r keo has brought in here one cask of g etter ° doll " (K) 50," picked up in the Queen's ClO/1- the 2d inst., CORK, MAY 1.--Arrived the Lor i fur r s ransport from Deptford, to take in -I.°° Halifax. in 0 , d t; NAVAL PROMOTIONS.—Mr. H EN RY' ".,110ri M Wumys, Midshipmen of theSvhilleplld'olt',,i. PoPutANI7S Flagship, are promoted to 1 " i r ),l . Lieutenants, and to. theAtifleman ell a sloops on the Jamaica station. CoRN-EXCHANGE, MAY B,—We had 11 ° pof Arrivals this morning, but a large ( I" - fe" Foreign Wheat left over from last (13Y; al "'foil N I n sales made in fine - sampl , s were kit '" tif 04 4 priced, but interior was very dull, and sc ' r vc e, sales made ;cal Fine Burley support s its a de A In. Oats, Pease, and Beans, there is n° alt et64 'bd., r. 3 Foreign Wheat -44 q• 51c. Grey Pease - Fine ditto - -87 s. Stis. Fine Grey Pe 3se , Wheat. -50 s. F)B.. Tick !haus - - 5 9 '" 0 5 ' Fine -- - Btis. dos. Old ;littO - • 4S' • Old, ditto - , Old ditto - - - S s s. 955 . Snia!l Tick BO" - ,524 1 6; Rye Fine ditto -- -50 s. Feed tlat3 - " 2P'o l ' Barley - - -38 s. Fine ditto - Fine ditto - - - rtic. 1010, (1 1 4 ii t to - " $ 24. l e Ne..tv ditto - - - 595. Fun. (1(W) 3 64 ' . 1 ' altPouliot: claw - v o Fine ditto - 82 s. B , ls. Rape Seed 461• 5 5 ' 40 , WintePease (boilers) 50i. Sis. Fine Flour " 7 0 ' Fine ditto - - - Os. —a. Seconds - The wedding Princess F RED i ,sBl r ( l eil : ofihe o da f tt c g u lit N e iß r E ( R ) L E AN I" D 'r , I t t o ( a al plialciehnoen43llllth: I i lifl , lll ,,l 4ll e l r :i i (Ito Berlin, and was celebrated with gre. 3 „; i; . e . :r. The bridegroom, the reigning ',,,' ' t pre, A n : BOLT DESSAU, is a young man of gr e-- ot Oh use, aged t went y- f ou r. 'I f„, party t‘ . er e )lapel t he Opera on the -19 lt, when the KING C0111i7,1 0 6 1 i t ilicess to her scat in the Royal box, t h e gl"C. "°- p , a . udits of a most brilliant assembia.4o if g 4 u. 6 . 1) wig present. On the `'lst his MAissT• .0 0 grand masquerade at the Opera ag!liite'rellt which occasion the public were 'reated %O h - ° ie' kind of refreshment p : and l'ist t•el th e wra' r4 l of the Princess, P, i nce F it h . '''''„ lt . 0 0 °„ i t l i tit' nificent ball at his spendi-d-11.;:iittlieco—c'eln ".1-11';'/I) street, which was Palely furnished for 4" 1 marriage with the Princess of BCE EN ° V°. 1,0 1 c o l c t H i i s tA s N ta ß t v i l as i n l a ie, C ,n ha a i i . , f l e l s o t i ci i i t i e( .l l aburotlie, ti i i a i t i l le r e,:i dent States of South America, YConoudo(i'e DO their Squadron in the Pacific Oc ean ; t b r a 't i g ic i il written letters acct wing the appointinen"- expected shortly to assume the couttnan(l* sr The last ships arrived from China bi ll/g o: 1°0i ; counts of any Illisunderstandhi , betwevu `i I g.° - nese and the English on account of 5014111e11°,1 otherwise. When the last ships left St7b-ete BuoNAPARTE still continued ina st ur 11 : 1O0d' , no exalcise, and retnsedlo sce any 'i' t()ls .:ol l s Y . ` From various parts of the country, el' e lca a , are daily arriving here to embark for t igi-r f i Niv t , Many of them come from the cottnu° °ntodt,',.l-1 naghan, Cavan, Derry, &c. ; s o that , rico Pl i standing the various ships which are 1416 ' p eed i ; the purpose, the numbers they wan t ar r e p l. o el „ .l ' l supplied. Many of them are in gr° l- ,1," 1 r r' l and have scarce a shilling after f ayitig el ,: sage-money.---( Bel Belfast News- Lilo ) - cg (0; Some time since the Magistrates of Cils— ' ll9 sent off in a vessel lying at the Brooln ieha ' 1 a ll° , i Iv b at I for Ireland, several Irish beggar', 1 , 5 , 1 if i ,, f 4 v ‘ long bee:) a pest to that city, having "-elOOlll-_, quently before them for vat coirs inistleine'''. 01' One of them (a woman) was la,t wek -4 0 '11 ( 1111" prehended and committed to Bridovell• , s el ill examination she admitted, that in di e v-5 0 11 :1 which she came ovur, , here were,,,, po seng e ' l l i less than 160 men, women, end char e n ' ro a. tVi lif whom had no other object in %iew thtso be beggars. • ta „, 15 f i j o ri t _ Two new and highly interesting An,—aciair "Abiopia base j.iSt. beet) imported' by 511 ' .. %(,it- Proprietor of the Royal Menagerie, It'd 'Change : they are the Rnpricapra of theft " and the Gnu of BuFFoN, a tr.ime gilen,°-4,031,;1; the Hottentots, frofm the sound of tbe' r i e Ir y which is vet y loud and clear ; they are 1 ` 1 10 1 :0 known of any quadrupeds, and the mos f e :a ' I dinary and gratifying ever yet intrs,(lllc. this count! y. iir l"(1 fic' l ' thi s St►; l that 030 1 °tit th. l "ni, He 4d ce To,,